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Ludo Van Den Bosch

KU Leuven & VIB
Verified email at kuleuven.vib.be
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Mutant small heat-shock protein 27 causes axonal Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and distal hereditary motor neuropathy

OV Evgrafov, I Mersiyanova, J Irobi, L Van Den Bosch… - Nature …, 2004 - nature.com
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is the most common inherited neuromuscular disease
and is characterized by considerable clinical and genetic heterogeneity 1 . We previously …

Protein phase separation: a new phase in cell biology

…, J Shorter, B Wolozin, L Van Den Bosch… - Trends in cell …, 2018 - cell.com
Cellular compartments and organelles organize biological matter. Most well-known organelles
are separated by a membrane boundary from their surrounding milieu. There are also …

HDAC6 inhibitors reverse axonal loss in a mouse model of mutant HSPB1–induced Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

…, V Timmerman, W Robberecht, L Van Den Bosch - Nature medicine, 2011 - nature.com
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is the most common inherited disorder of the peripheral
nervous system. Mutations in the 27-kDa small heat-shock protein gene (HSPB1) cause …

HDAC6 inhibition restores TDP‐43 pathology and axonal transport defects in human motor neurons with TARDBP mutations

…, C Verfaillie, L Van Den Bosch, P Van Damme - The EMBO …, 2021 - embopress.org
TDP‐43 is the major component of pathological inclusions in most ALS patients and in up to
50% of patients with frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Heterozygous missense mutations in …

[PDF][PDF] Hallmarks of neurodegenerative diseases

DM Wilson, MR Cookson, L Van Den Bosch… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Decades of research have identified genetic factors and biochemical pathways involved in
neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs). We present evidence for the following eight hallmarks …

[HTML][HTML] The role of excitotoxicity in the pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

L Van Den Bosch, P Van Damme, E Bogaert… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2006 - Elsevier
Unfortunately and despite all efforts, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) remains an incurable
neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the progressive and selective death of motor …

Deletion of the hypoxia-response element in the vascular endothelial growth factor promoter causes motor neuron degeneration

…, H Raat, T Acker, V Vleminckx, LVD Bosch… - Nature …, 2001 - nature.com
Hypoxia stimulates angiogenesis through the binding of hypoxia-inducible factors to the
hypoxia-response element in the vascular endothelial growth factor (Vegf) promotor. Here, we …

Modifiers of C9orf72 dipeptide repeat toxicity connect nucleocytoplasmic transport defects to FTD/ALS

…, G Bieri, NJ Kramer, FH Gage, L Van Den Bosch… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
C9orf72 mutations are the most common cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and
frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Dipeptide repeat proteins (DPRs) produced by …

Treatment of motoneuron degeneration by intracerebroventricular delivery of VEGF in a rat model of ALS

…, D Manka, K Vermeulen, L Van Den Bosch… - Nature …, 2005 - nature.com
Neurotrophin treatment has so far failed to prolong the survival of individuals affected with
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), an incurable motoneuron degenerative disorder. Here we …

[HTML][HTML] HDAC6 inhibition reverses axonal transport defects in motor neurons derived from FUS-ALS patients

…, P Van Damme, C Verfaillie, L Van Den Bosch - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rapidly progressive neurodegenerative disorder due
to selective loss of motor neurons (MNs). Mutations in the fused in sarcoma (FUS) gene can …